chevilleur
\ʃə.vi.jœʁ\
The verdict
“chevilleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorcier qu'on prétendait capable de nouer l’aiguillette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chevilleur · chevilleur · French
chevilleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chevilleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃə.vi.jœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chevilleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃə.vi.jœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for chevilleur in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chevilleur, spelled C-H-E-V-I-L-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Sorcier qu'on prétendait capable de nouer l’aiguillette.
- 2Celui qui apprête les soies écrues pour les fabricants et marchands.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chevilleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pierre Masse du Mans a escrit de l'imposture et tromperie des diables, devins, enchanteurs, sorciers, noueurs d'eguillettes, chevilleurs et autres qui par art diabolique, arts magiques et superstitions abusent le peuple.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.